Chapter 3- "Change Of Destiny"
About five months later and two weeks from Christmas, everyone had come back to visit the hospital and do their weekly visit with Yamcha. A Christmas tree was put in his room as the lights shined brightly and changed colors every few minutes, everyone was getting better at dealing with Yamcha's condition but some were still uneasy about it.
"I have a strong feeling he's going to wake up soon..." said Tien, "...I just have a feeling..."
Pu'ar looked at him, "I hope so, I had a dream about this last night..."
"You know, I had a dream about him last night too..." replied Krillin, "You don't think it's a sign do you?"
"I think it is..." replied Pu'ar, she closed her eyes and smiled, "I hope it is..."
Everyone began to watch Yamcha, he was doing much better and he looked healthier than last time. Pu'ar watched him closely as she laid on his bed and watched him, she couldn't't wait to look into his eyes again and be able to hug him whenever she wanted. She never took her eyes off of him and waited for him to wake up.
Suddenly, Pu'ar felt movement among Yamcha's bed, she began to get excited as the fighting spirit began to shake. He was moving! After eleven months he was finally moving, Pu'ar was so glad she never gave up hope for Yamcha's safe recovery, he slowly opened his eyes as he closed them again, Pu'ar ran down the hall.
"Doctor! Doctor, come quick!" she yelled with excitement, "Yamcha's waking up!"
The doctors all ran down the hall into Yamcha's room as he began trying to lift his arms and he began looking at everyone. They couldn't't believe it, he had woken up after so long. Yamcha was almost back to being normal, he still had a long recovery but he was back in healthy condition. He wasn't going to die. He was going to live.
The doctors and the nurses checked the vital signs and Yamcha was taken off the machines and he was able to breathe on his own. He realized that he wasn't able to move everything and his leg and arm were still healing under the cast.
He began speaking for the first time in eleven months, "...Pu'ar...What happened? What month is it?"
"Yamcha, you're in the hospital...You got into a car accident 11 months ago..." she replied, "We're in December now..."
"What?!?! I've been asleep for that long?" Yamcha almost sat up as large amounts of pain hit him, "Oooh, I didn't realize that I was still injured..."
Pu'ar petted him, "Take it easy Yamcha, you're still healing.."
Yamcha looked at her, "I was in an accident?"
"Yeah, you were...you just don't remember it happening to you..."
Tien ran over to the bedside and held Yamcha's hand, "Glad you're back, Yamcha...We were all worried about you."
Yamcha smiled a little bit, "Man...I can't believe that the accident was so bad..."
Pu'ar hugged him tighter, "At least I know you're going to be ok. I almost thought I would have lost you..."
Yamcha checked his surroundings. It had been awhile since he saw everything, and it had been awhile since he had tasted anything too. He looked at himself and saw that he was way skinner than he used to be before his accident. He laughed a little.
"Jeez, I lost a lot of weight. Now I'm all skinny...I'll have to fatten myself up again..."
Pu'ar smiled, "Well, you have to rest for now the doctor said to rest..."
"Aw, how am I going to train again?"
Goku smiled, "I wouldn't worry about that, you'll have plenty of time before any of that happens again.."
Yamcha looked at Bulma who smiled at him. He was still thinking that they were together, he looked at her and smiled. He was excited to see her and hoped that they could go out once he fully recovered, he began talking to Bulma.
"Hey, Bulma..." he looked at her, tears were coming out of her eyes, "What's wrong? Are you happy for me?"
"Y-Yeah..." she replied, "I feel so bad, I didn't want you to suffer anymore and I wanted to pull the plug..."
"That's okay, you don't...have to worry about it anymore..."
Bulma smiled, "I'm glad you're okay..."
"Me too, but it'll take me awhile to recover from an accident like this..."
Sharp pains began hitting Yamcha as Pu'ar called the nurse. His morphine had run out and he could feel all the pain, the nurse came in and fixed up the morphine as he relaxed. He felt a little drowsy but he was doing ok, Pu'ar came in with a steaming plate of hot dogs as Yamcha smiled. It had been awhile since he had eaten any real food, he couldn't't wait to eat.
Yamcha looked at Goku, "So, did we defeat Cell yet? We were still fighting him right before I got into my accident..."
Goku smiled, "We're still at it with him but he got way stronger this time..."
Yamcha laughed, "I can't believe I missed so much action, it's going to take me awhile to get back into fighting like I used to.."
Krillin walked into the room as Yamcha waved to him, "Oh my god! He's awake?!?! That's wonderful! I'm so glad Yamcha!"
Yamcha struggled to get to the plate of hot dogs as he tried to get up, the pain returned, "...I keep forgetting that my leg and arm are broken..."
Pu'ar eyed him, "Yamcha, I'm going to have to get on you for that. The doctor said to take it easy, you aren't supposed to be doing so much stuff at once."
Yamcha sighed, "Sorry, Pu'ar. You'll have to yell at me a lot to prevent me from doing it..."
Pu'ar noticed that Yamcha's eyes were closing and he couldn't't stay awake much longer. The morphine had a side effect of drowsiness and he had to sleep really soon, Pu'ar held onto his hand as he fell asleep, visiting hours were almost over and she began crying again.
While Yamcha recovered in the hospital, she was at home without him and she felt very lonely without her master being around. Everyone tried to comfort her as they left Yamcha's room and they began to exit the hospital, she still began crying even after it was over.
Bulma petted her, "Don't worry Pu'ar, you can see him tomorrow..."
"It's not the same..." she cried, "He's not going to be home for awhile..."
"I know, but time will go by fast and he'll be out of the hospital in no time..."
Tien picked up Pu'ar, "You'll be alright, you should be happy that Yamcha's going to live..."
"I guess you're right Tien, I have a lot to be happy about..."
They all got into the car and headed back to Goku's house for a celebration for Yamcha's recovery. The battle was half over but the real test was just beginning. Yamcha would have to learn how to walk again and he would need a lot of physical therapy.
His recovery was going to be long and he would have to test the limits of his mind in order to keep going forward. Yamcha had no idea what was down the road for him.
That's Chapter 3, Please R&R.